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--:-- John Bickley: Hey, this is Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, January 3rd, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy failed to secure the necessary amount of votes to win the race for Speaker in the first round of votes on Tuesday. With more, here's Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: On Tuesday afternoon, for the first time in over 100 years, the vote for Speaker of the House ended in a stalemate as Republican frontrunner Kevin McCarthy fell short of the 218 votes he needed to win. While every Democrat member voted for New York Hakeem Jeffries, 19 GOP members split with their party and offered up votes for other nominees including Representatives Andy Biggs, Jim Jordan, Jim Banks, Byron Donalds, and Lee Zeldin. Under House rules, the speaker vote will now head to a second ballot for the first time since 1923.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin was in critical condition Tuesday after the Bills say his heart stopped after a tackle during the Monday night football game. Following the disturbing incident, the game was indefinitely postponed. Hamlin's spokesperson, Jordan Rooney, had this to say on Good Morning America.
--:-- Jordan Rooney: Felt like in the moment there needed to be some clarity that he was awake at that time and now he's sedated. So, the family's in good spirits. We're honestly just taking it minute by minute, hour by hour.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Hamlin's family has since issued a statement expressing their sincere gratitude for the outpouring of support and asked for continued prayers. More than 150,000 fans have donated nearly $4 million to his charity toy drive fund.
--:-- John Bickley: Republican Congressman George Santos, who admitted to embellishing his resume while on the campaign trail, was sworn into office on Tuesday. Santos is under investigation by federal and local officials related to false claims he made on the campaign trail. Now a new report indicates that law enforcement officials in Brazil intend to revive fraud charges against Santos that stem from a 2008 incident involving a checkbook that was allegedly stolen.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Co of DC Shoes Hoonigan Racing and Action sports legend Ken Block has died after a snowmobile accident in Utah on Monday. He was 55. Officials say Block's snowmobile landed on top of him while riding on a steep slope. During his career, Block made the move from an executive at DC Shoes to one of the most well-known names in motorsports. He was a five-time X Games medalist in Rallycross.
--:-- John Bickley: Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of failed crypto exchange FTX, does not want to reveal the identity of the two benefactors who put up a portion of his $250 million bond. SBF asked the court to redact the names, saying that his parents, who also signed for him, have received threats. Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to federal fraud charges at his arraignment this afternoon in Manhattan.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Speaking on MSNBC this week, the architect of Obamacare, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, told Americans that they should return to wearing really high-quality masks as a precaution against a new COVID variant plaguing China. A travel ban and the negative test results are just going to delay tactics. They're trying to get us information. They're not going to help individually for your viewers, Andrea, the best thing they can do at the moment is masks, N95 really high masks. You can't control what's out there in the airports or what's on a train or what's going to be in a shopping mall. But you can protect yourself with these very high-quality masks, and that's what I recommend.
--:-- John Bickley: British royal Prince Harry stated in an interview set to premiere on January 8th that he would like to repair his relationship with his father, King Charles, and his brother, William, the Prince of Wales, but claims that his family has shown no desire to sit down for the conversation. I want a family, not an institution. They feel as though it's better to keep us somehow as the villains. They've shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile. I would like to get my father back. I would like to have my brother back.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Martina Navratilova, a tennis star whose winning career started in the 1970s, has breast and throat cancer. An early type of breast cancer was found as she was undergoing throat inspections. Navratilova, who also had a cancerous lump removed in 2010, vowed to fight with all she's got.
--:-- John Bickley: Those are your drive-home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to the latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.
